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Ludlow

Hierarchy:Phanerozoic Paleozoic  Silurian
   Ludlow
Classification:Epoch (as per International Commission on Stratigraphy)
Top:423.0 ± 2.3 Ma
Base:427.4 ± 0.5 Ma
Preceeds:Pridoli
Follows:Wenlock Homerian
Primary Divisions:LudfordianGorstian
Fossil Record

Data via PaleoBioDB


Taxa Count Key
First appearance
Extinction
First appearance and extinction
Related precursors
KingdomPhylumClassTaxa Count
AnimaliaAnnelida Polychaeta21
AnimaliaArthropoda Arachnida4
AnimaliaArthropoda Branchiopoda2
AnimaliaArthropoda Cephalocarida1
AnimaliaArthropoda Diplopoda3
AnimaliaArthropoda Malacostraca9
AnimaliaArthropoda Maxillopoda1
AnimaliaArthropoda Merostomata1
AnimaliaArthropoda Ostracoda165
AnimaliaArthropoda Pycnogonida1
AnimaliaArthropoda Trilobita271
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Chileata7
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Craniata15
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Lingulata35
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Rhynchonellata438
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Strophomenata163
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Tommotiida1 ✝
AnimaliaBryozoa Gymnolaemata10
AnimaliaBryozoa Stenolaemata125
AnimaliaChordata Elasmobranchii1
AnimaliaChordata Holocephali2
AnimaliaChordata Sarcopterygii3
AnimaliaCnidaria Anthozoa354
AnimaliaCnidaria Cubozoa1
AnimaliaCnidaria Hydrozoa3
AnimaliaCnidaria Scyphozoa3
AnimaliaCnidaria Staurozoa4
AnimaliaEchinodermata Asteroidea15
AnimaliaEchinodermata Crinoidea137
AnimaliaEchinodermata Echinoidea7
AnimaliaEchinodermata Holothuroidea11
AnimaliaEchinodermata Ophiuroidea13
AnimaliaHemichordata Pterobranchia14
AnimaliaMollusca Bivalvia228
AnimaliaMollusca Cephalopoda141
AnimaliaMollusca Gastropoda548
AnimaliaMollusca Monoplacophora1
AnimaliaMollusca Polyplacophora10
AnimaliaMollusca Scaphopoda7
AnimaliaNemertea Hoplonemertea1
AnimaliaPorifera Calcarea2
AnimaliaPorifera Demospongiae24
AnimaliaPorifera Hexactinellida40
BacteriaCyanobacteria Cyanophyceae8
ChromistaForaminifera Globothalamea3
ChromistaForaminifera Monothalamea10
ChromistaForaminifera Tubothalamea8
ChromistaMyzozoa Dinophyceae2
ChromistaRadiozoa Polycystina14
FungiAscomycota Sordariomycetes1
PlantaeChlorophyta Chlorophyceae3
PlantaeChlorophyta Ulvophyceae20
PlantaeRhodophyta Florideophyceae9
PlantaeRhodophyta Rhodophyceae1
PlantaeTracheophyta Magnoliopsida5
 

Geologic Events

Event NameTypeAgeArea
Caledonian orogeny (concludes)Orogeny~505 - ~400 MaEurope


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